In this post, we highlight 90 Arizona Wilderness Areas and provide a map so that you can locate these wild playgrounds for your next adventure.
The state of Arizona is roughly 72,688,000 acres. Of that acreage, 4,512,056 acres are federally protected as wilderness. The following information about Arizona Wilderness Areas is gathered from the Wilderness.net database.
Here is a map of the Arizona Wilderness Areas:
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Below is a list of the Arizona Wilderness Areas:
Apache Creek Wilderness
- Total Acres: 5,633
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Arvaipa Canyon Wilderness
- Total Acres: 19,410
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: Bureau Of Land Management
Arrastra Mountain Wilderness
- Total Acres: 129,800
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau Of Land Management
Aubrey Peak Wilderness
- Total Acres: 15,400
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau Of Land Management
Baboquivari Peak Wilderness
- Total Acres: 2,040
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau Of Land Management
Bear Wallow Wilderness
- Total Acres: 11,235
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Beaver Dam Mountains Wilderness
- Total Acres: 18,667
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: Bureau Of Land Management
- *** – The Beaver Dam Mountains Wilderness is located on the Arizona/Utah border. Of the 18,667 total acres, 15,000 acres are located in Arizona.
Big Horn Mountains Wilderness
- Total Acres: 21,000
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau Of Land Management
Cabeza Prieta Wilderness
- Total Acres: 803,418
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: US Fish & Wildlife Service
Castle Creek Wilderness
- Total Acres: 25,457
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Cedar Bench Wilderness
- Total Acres: 16,009
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Chiricahua National Monument Wilderness
- Total Acres: 10,290
- Year Designated: 1976
- Agency: National Park Service
Chiricahua Wilderness
- Total Acres: 87,182
- Year Designated: 1964
- Agency: US Forest Service
Cottonwood Point Wilderness
- Total Acres: 6,860
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Coyote Mountains Wilderness
- Total Acres: 5,100
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness
- Total Acres: 11,700
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Eagletail Mountains Wilderness
- Total Acres: 97,880
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau of Land Management
East Cactus Plain Wilderness
- Total Acres: 14,630
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Escudilla Wilderness
- Total Acres: 5,158
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Fishhooks Wilderness
- Total Acres: 10,500
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Fossil Springs Wilderness
- Total Acres: 10,432
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Four Peaks Wilderness
- Total Acres: 60,717
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Galiuro Wilderness
- Total Acres: 77,584
- Year Designated: 1964
- Agency: US Forest Service
Gibraltar Mountain Wilderness
- Total Acres: 18,790
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau Of Land Management
Grand Wash Cliffs Wilderness
- Total Acres: 37,030
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: Bureau Of Land Management
Granite Mountain Wilderness
- Total Acres: 9,808
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: Bureau Of Land Management
Harcuvar Mountains Wilderness
- Total Acres: 25,050
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau Of Land Management
Harquahala Mountains Wilderness
- Total Acres: 22,880
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau Of Land Management
Hassayampa River Canyon Wilderness
- Total Acres: 12,300
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau Of Land Management
Havasu Wilderness
- Total Acres: 17,801
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: US Fish & Wildlife Service
- *** – The Havasu Wilderness is located on the Arizona/California border. Of the 17,801 total acres, 14,606 acres are located in Arizona.
Hells Canyon Wilderness
- Total Acres: 9,951
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau Of Land Management
Hellsgate Wilderness
- Total Acres: 37,457
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Hummingbird Springs Wilderness
- Total Acres: 31,200
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau Of Land Management
Imperial Refuge Wilderness
- Total Acres: 15,056
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: US Fish & Wildlife Service
- *** – The Imperial Refuge Wilderness is located on the Arizona/California border. Of the 15,056 total acres, 9,220 acres are located in Arizona.
Juniper Mesa Wilderness
- Total Acres: 7,566
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Kachina Peaks Wilderness
- Total Acres: 18,720
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Kanab Creek Wilderness
- Total Acres: 68,231
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: Bureau of Land Management & US Forest Service
Kendrick Mountain Wilderness
- Total Acres: 6,664
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Kofa Wilderness
- Total Acres: 516,200
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: US Fish & Wildlife Service
Mazatzai Wilderness
- Total Acres: 250,761
- Year Designated: 1964
- Agency: US Forest Service
Miller Peak Wilderness
- Total Acres: 20,250
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Mount Baldy Wilderness
- Total Acres: 6,819
- Year Designated: 1970
- Agency: US Forest Service
Mount Logan Wilderness
- Total Acres: 14,650
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: Bureau Of Land Management
Mount Nutt Wilderness
- Total Acres: 28,080
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau Of Land Management
Mount Tipton Wilderness
- Total Acres: 31,520
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau Of Land Management
Mount Trumbull Wilderness
- Total Acres: 7,880
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: Bureau Of Land Management
Mount Wilson Wilderness
- Total Acres: 23,900
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau Of Land Management
Mt. Wrightson Wilderness
- Total Acres: 25,141
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Muggins Mountain Wilderness
- Total Acres: 7,711
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau Of Land Management
Munds Mountain Wilderness
- Total Acres: 18,109
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Needle’s Eye Wilderness
- Total Acres: 8,760
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau of Land Management
New Water Mountains Wilderness
- Total Acres: 24,600
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau of Land Management
North Maricopa Mountains Wilderness
- Total Acres: 63,200
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau of Land Management
North Santa Teresa Wilderness
- Total Acres: 5,800
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Organ Pipe Cactus Wilderness
- Total Acres: 312,600
- Year Designated: 1978
- Agency: National Park Service
Paiute Wilderness
- Total Acres: 87,900
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Pajarita Wilderness
- Total Acres: 7,499
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness
- Total Acres: 110,816
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: Bureau of Land Management
- *** – The Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness is located on the Arizona/Utah border. Of the 110,816 total acres, 89,400 acres are located in Arizona.
Peloncillo Mountains Wilderness
- Total Acres: 19,440
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Petrified Forest National Wilderness Area
- Total Acres: 50,260
- Year Designated: 1970
- Agency: National Park Service
Pine Mountain Wilderness
- Total Acres: 20,053
- Year Designated: 1972
- Agency: US Forest Service
Pusch Ridge Wilderness
- Total Acres: 56,964
- Year Designated: 1978
- Agency: US Forest Service
Rawhide Mountains Wilderness
- Total Acres: 38,470
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Red Rock-Secret Mountain Wilderness
- Total Acres: 48,314
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Redfield Canyon Wilderness
- Total Acres: 6,600
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau Of Land Management
Rincon Mountain Wilderness
- Total Acres: 36,954
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Saddle Mountain Wilderness
- Total Acres: 41,143
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Saguaro Wilderness
- Total Acres: 70,905
- Year Designated: 1976
- Agency: National Park Service
Salome Wilderness
- Total Acres: 18,543
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Salt River Canyon Wilderness
- Total Acres: 32,114
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Santa Teresa Wilderness
- Total Acres: 26,909
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Sierra Ancha Wilderness
- Total Acres: 20,253
- Year Designated: 1964
- Agency: US Forest Service
Sierra Estrella Wilderness
- Total Acres: 14,400
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Signal Mountain Wilderness
- Total Acres: 13,350
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau of Land Management
South Maricopa Mountains Wilderness
- Total Acres: 60,100
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Strawberry Crater Wilderness
- Total Acres: 10,414
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Superstition Wilderness
- Total Acres: 160,236
- Year Designated: 1964
- Agency: US Forest Service
Swansea Wilderness
- Total Acres: 16,400
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Sycamore Canyon Wilderness
- Total Acres: 58,441
- Year Designated: 1972
- Agency: US Forest Service
Table Top Wilderness
- Total Acres: 34,400
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Tres Alamos Wilderness
- Total Acres: 8,300
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Trigo Mountain Wilderness
- Total Acres: 30,300
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Upper Burro Creek Wilderness
- Total Acres: 27,440
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Wabayuma Peak Wilderness
- Total Acres: 38,944
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Warm Springs Wilderness
- Total Acres: 112,400
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau of Land Management
West Clear Creek Wilderness
- Total Acres: 15,465
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Wet Beaver Wilderness
- Total Acres: 6,178
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
White Canyon Wilderness
- Total Acres: 5,800
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau of Land Management
Woodchute Wilderness
- Total Acres: 5,887
- Year Designated: 1984
- Agency: US Forest Service
Woolsey Peak Wilderness
- Total Acres: 64,400
- Year Designated: 1990
- Agency: Bureau of Land Management
For more information about the numerous wilderness areas scattered across the United States, visit Wilderness.net.
See Also:
- 10 Largest Wilderness Areas In The Lower 48
- 10 Largest Wilderness Areas In The United States
- Discover More Wilderness Areas
- Wilderness Areas By State
